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Submitted by emmettoconnell on Tue, 02/07/2006 - 12:20pm.
There is a push at some schools that teach Library Science to remove the term "Library" from their names. Ahniwa at Bava, enfi explains a bit: In the academic world, it's easy to think that being a librarian is all about creating databases, utilizing new software, being technologically innovative, and so-on and so-forth, ad technologicum. However, many LIS graduates find work in small public libraries, where you still find a lot of patrons who don't want to use computers or databases, and who want to ask the librarian anytime they have a question. For a lot of librarians, patron interaction and reference work are what make their jobs worthwhile, and while younger library users will likely jump on the technology bandwagon, utilizing the software and databases created by the librarian instead of the librarian directly, we have a more conventional generation, who having grown up with card catalogs and print indexes, aren't keen on skipping the middleman and jumping straight into information overload. Beyond that, if we see libraries as a service to the community (orginally meant as an educational and civic good), what does simply referring to it as "informational science" take away from the library's community role? Discuss over there. |
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